In Germany, the distribution of Nazi propaganda (defined as posters, films, books etc. produced by the actual NSDAP and its supporters, not material promoting the far right published post-war) and "Holocaust denial" is illegal, but that is the limit of it. IMO the only person to actually have been prosecuted for Holocaust denial was David Irving. Hopefully in a couple of generations' time, even that will no longer be necessary. But making a criminal offence of uttering specific words, regardless of context, is going way too far and risks making martyrs out of people who did something silly in the heat of a moment.

In Germany, the distribution of Nazi propaganda (defined as posters, films, books etc. produced by the actual NSDAP and its supporters, not material promoting the far right published post-war) and "Holocaust denial" is illegal, but that is the limit of it. IMO the only person to actually have been prosecuted for Holocaust denial was David Irving. Hopefully in a couple of generations' time, even that will no longer be necessary. But making a criminal offence of uttering specific words, regardless of context, is going way too far and risks making martyrs out of people who did something silly in the heat of a moment.